AN ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINED INSECTICIDE TREATED BEDNET USE ON ALL-CAUSE CHILD MORTALITY IN AREA OF INTENSES PARENTAL MALARIA TRANSMISSION IN EDO STATE

AN ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINED INSECTICIDE TREATED BEDNET  USE ON ALL-CAUSE CHILD MORTALITY IN AREA OF  INTENSES PARENTAL MALARIA TRANSMISSION IN EDO  STATE  

ABSTRACT

The researcher present results from a study conducted in Edo state where allcause child mortality was assessed among a population with high levels of sustained insecticide treated bed net (ITN) use for up to six years. 

Although ITNs were associated with significant reduction in allcause mortality among infants I – II months old there was no difference in the rate of allcause mortality among children 12 – 59 months old with ITN for 2 – 4 years, compared historically with children from villages without ITNs after 

controlling for seasonality and underlying child mortality across calendar years (Adjusted Hazard Ration (AHR) = 0.91 95% Confidence Interval (CI) = 0.77 – 1.07). there was no increase in proportion of child deaths at older ages (12 – 59 months old) of all child deaths within villages with ITN for 5 – 6 years (48.1%) compared historically with villages without ITNs (47.9%), 

after controlling for seasonality (AHR = 1.03, p 0.834). the investigator find no evidence that sustained ITN use increased the risk of mortality in older children in this area of intense perennial malaria transmission.